Armrest



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Application filed May 11,

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. PHIL- Lrrs, afci'tize'n ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Jacksonville, in the Ycounty of Duval and State ofFlorida, have invented new and usefulf'Improvements in Armrests, ofwhich the following is a' specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of an arm rest fortheater chairs, the invention being designed to provide an arm rest forthe occupants of adjacent chairs, which rests can be singly used, andautomatically elevated to an inactive position when the arm is removedfrom said rest.

Another object resides in the provision of a device of this characterwhich can be manufactured and sold at a nominal cost, and attached totheater chairs in present day use, in a quick and convenient manner, thedevice also including a partition between the arm rests, so that thearms of the occupants of adjacent chairs will not come in contact.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

1n the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the manner in which the device is mounted onthe chair.

Figure 2 is a view showing one of the arm rests extended for use and theother partly extended.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4f is a plan view showing both arm rests extended.

Figure 5 is an edge elevation of the arm rests removed from the chairand the parts in normal position.

The device forming the subject matter of the present inventionessentially embodies two arm rests indicated at 10 and 11 respectively,the device as above stated being primarily intended for use on theaterchairs, so that the arms of the occupants of adjacent seats can becomfortably supported. It might here be stated that not only the 1923iSerial No. 638,299.

arm rests 10 and 11, but the partition 12 arranged between these restscan he constructed from any suitable material, and also vary in size andconfiguration without departing from the spirit of the invention. he armrests 10 and 11 are hingedly mounted as at 13 upon opposite sides of thepartition 12 adjacent the lower edge thereof, and which edge is cutawayat spaced points as at 14- to accommodate resilient elements 15,preferably in the nature of coiled springs which function when theynormally maintain the arm rests 10 and 11 in parallelism with thepartition 12. The partition is provided with attaching clips 16 whichcan be secured to the arm of the chair by any suitable fasteningelements, occupying the position shown in Figure 1. The lower edge ofthe partition 12 projects a slight distance beneath the correspondingedges of the arm rests 10 and 11 for this purpose, and when the armrests are swung from their normally vertical position to a horizontalactive position they lie substantially flush with the lower edge of thepartition 12, with the screws arranged in the cutaway portion abovereferred to. Manifestly either arm rest can be lowered to a horizontalposition for use independently of the other arm rest, and should both ofthe arm rests be used at the same time, by the occupants of the adjacentchairs, the partition 12 prevents the arms of the respective partiesfrom butting or contacting each other. The weight of the arm of the userholds the arm rest lowered, and just as soon as the arm is removed, thearm rest automatically swings upwardly to its normally verticalposition. The opposite sides of the partition 12 is provided with cushions 18, preferably in the form of rubber but-tons or the like whichprevents the arm rests from being brought into contact with thepartition 12 and consequently eliminating any noise resulting from suchcontact, and also serves to hold the arm rests suitably spaced apart sothat they can be conveniently taken hold of when it is desired to lowereither of the arm rests.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvan tages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to haveit understood that 1 do not limit myself to what is herein shown anddescribed and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fallwithin the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. A chair attachment comprising a vertical wall adapted to be securedto the arm of a chair, an arm rest hingedly mounted on said wall andadapted to he swung from a normal and vertical position to a horizontalposition 'for use, and means for automatically returning the arm rest toits normal position when the arm is removed from said rest.

2. A chair attachment comprising a ver tical wall, arm rests hingedlymounted on either side of the wall and normally arranged paralleltherewith, said rests being vcapable of independent movement and adaptedto be arranged in a horizontal position for use, and means forautomatically returning the arm rest to normal position when the arm isremoved therefrom.

A chair attachment comprising a vertical wall adapted to bemounted onthe arm of the chair, arm rests hingedly mounted on either side of thewall, yieldable means normally holding the arm rests in parallelismwithl the wall, and allowing either or both of said arm rests to belowered to a horizontal position for use, and a cushion element Jforeach arm rest, said elements being supported on the opposite sides ofthe wall for the purpose specied.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM E. PHILLIPS.

